Lions Roundup: Faulk not impressed with Stafford, Lions not interested in overseas game, cap casualties, more

Even though Matthew Stafford became only the fourth player in NFL history to throw for over 5,000 yards before the playoffs and do so with a broken finger for three of those games, hall of fame running back and NFL analyst Marshall Faulk isn’t impressed.

Instead, Faulk says that a 5,000 yard season is the norm in today’s NFL.

“Throwing for 5,000 yards in the NFL right now is nothing,” Faulk said. “I don’t want to take anything away from it. As much as people throw the football now, you better have 5,000 (yards) if you have Calvin Johnson.”

I could have seen his point if he said something like Stafford is a number one overall draft pick, this is what he SHOULD be doing but he didn’t. He made it seem like this is what every quarterback in the league should be doing which simply isn’t the case.

However, don’t ask them to be the home team in one these games essentially meaning they would give up a game at Ford Field.

“I think the expansion of the NFL into international markets is a great thing, but we don’t look to participate as a home team,” team president Tom Lewand said during a conference call with season ticket holders. “We have a commitment here to Detroit. The Ford family has a commitment to Detroit.”

At this point it seems pretty safe to assume that Calvin Johnson is going to be the highest paid wide receiver in the league. It’s certainly deserving too given the season he had where he often times made opposing secondaries look down right silly. But given the huge contract coming up for Megatron, there is a good chance the supporting type players could become cap casualties.

Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press (via ProFootballTalk.com) says that two of these potential casualties could be receiver Nate Burleson and/or defensive tackle Corey Williams.

Randy Moss to Detroit?

When Randy Moss announced that he was going to attempt a comeback in the NFL I knew the Randy Moss to Detroit talk would emerge given Scott Linehan’s presence on the coaching staff.

Moss had a good relationship with Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan when they were together in Minnesota. Moss said he doesn’t have to be the No. 1 receiver (that’s nice of him), so he could pair up with former Vikings teammate Nate Burleson as complementary receivers to Calvin Johnson.

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